Disciples

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By David Birke and Nicholas McCarthy

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Summary

Disciples follows Clara, the lone survivor of "The California Cult," who has assumed a new identity to protect herself and her daughter from the shadow of their dark past. When Clara mysteriously reappears in Death Valley, the haunting tales of the cult and its elusive leader, Billy Joe, resurface, blending 1970s eerie thriller and terror movie vibes in a gripping narrative where the past violently crashes into the present.
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Perfect for readers who enjoy graphic novels infused with cult film culture, eerie thrillers, and horror, especially those intrigued by 1970s-style terror movies and dark, atmospheric storytelling.

Marin County, 1978. In this graphic novel, teens Clara and Wendy get high one night alone at home. Before the night ends, they've disappeared -- until five months later, when Clara is found, disheveled, but alive, in Death Valley National Park.

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From Clara's mysterious reappearance in Death Valley, Disciples cuts to the present day, where stories of "The California Cult" and its enigmatic—and never-caught—leader, Billy Joe, are as much a part of the popular culture as the Manson Family. Clara, the lone survivor of the cult, has adopted a new identity to protect her and her daughter, Wren. And she mostly does, until one night when the past and present horrifically collide.

Disciples is a seamless collaboration between cartoonist Ben Marra and filmmakers David Birke and Nicholas McCarthy. Birke and McCarthy's script celebrates and reinvents a cult film ethos, combining the best of 1970s era eerie-thriller-terror movies in a fresh and revelatory way, similar to how Marra has continued and reinvented the work of Abel Ferrara and George Cosmatos in graphic novels like Night Business.

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Publishers Weekly notes that Disciples "will pack some laughs and leers from devotees of B-horror and splatter films," highlighting its appeal to fans of cult and horror genres.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683965251

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 July 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Illustration: 1 Illustrations

Contributors:

By Benjamin Marra

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 192.0mm

Height: 278.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 164

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Adult Graphic Novels David Birke Fiction Graphic Novels Nicholas McCarthy

About the Author

Benjamin Marra is the author of several acclaimed graphic novels from Fantagraphics, including Terror Assaulter(O.M.W.O.T.), Night Business, and American Blood. He received a B.F.A. in Illustration from Syracuse University; studied in Florence, Italy; and earned his M.F.A. degree in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts. He lives in Montreal. David Birke is a screenwriter known for the films Elle (2016), Slender Man (2018), and 13 Sins (2014). He lives in Tarzana with his wife and two daughters. Nicholas McCarthy is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and writer known for the feature films The Pact (2012) and The Prodigy (2019), and a writer on Nickelodeon's 2020 reboot of the classic horror television series Are You Afraid of the Dark?